Geological and Geophysical Evaluation of the Mechanisms of the Great 1899 Yakutat Bay Earthquakes

Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 215-236

  Plafker, George ^a   Thatcher, Wayne ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake zones Alaska; Geodynamics Alaska; Geology, Structural Alaska

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEODYNAMICS; SHEAR WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE WAVES;

CONVERGENCE RATES; EARTHQUAKE ZONES; GREAT EARTHQUAKE; LONG PERIOD PULSE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SURFACE FRACTURE; SURFACE WAVE AMPLITUDE; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84952790835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1029/179GM12     Document Type: Chapter

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